Precious Commodity: Providing Water for America's Cities Contributor(s): Melosi, Martin (Author) |
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ISBN: 0822961415 ISBN-13: 9780822961413 Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press OUR PRICE: $52.25 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2011 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Environmental - Water Supply - History | United States - General |
Dewey: 363.610 |
LCCN: 2010045673 |
Series: History of the Urban Environment |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6" W x 9.1" (1.05 lbs) 320 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Ecology |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: As an essential resource, water has been the object of warfare, political wrangling, and individual and corporate abuse. It has also become an object of commodification, with multinational corporations vying for water supply contracts in many countries. In Precious Commodity, Martin V. Melosi examines water resources in the United States and addresses whether access to water is an inalienable right of citizens, and if government is responsible for its distribution as a public good. |